Manufacturing Industry

Ohio Castings mulling second foundry purchase.(Metalcasting News)(Brief Article)

Foundry Management & Technology, October, 2003

Ohio Castings Co., a joint-venture of Greenbrier Co., Lake Oswego, OR. and ACF Industries, St. Charles, MO. is making a bid to buy the American Steel Foundries operation in. Alliance, OH. American Steel Foundries is at holding o1' ASF-Keystone, Chicago, a division of Amsted Industries, Greenbrier builds new railroad freight cars; ACF Industries Holding Corp. manufactures and leases railcars.

In June, Ohio Castings agreed with ASF- Keystone and Meridian Rail Products to take over operation of Meridian's foundry in Cicero, IL, which had been scheduled for closure. It will operate as Chicago Castings and, like the Alliance operation, it is a supplier of railcar castings. It manufactures side frames and bolsters for ASF- Keystone, which plans to retail these parts...

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